Michigan Rowing

With a month to go before the spring season, the Michigan women’s rowing team headed down to Tampa, Florida for its annual Spring Break training trip. The trip, which is spent primarily on the water getting reaccustomed to boats and outdoor rowing, was highlighted by a scrimmage with the University of Jacksonville.

That relentless attitude was on display this weekend when Michigan's top three boats traveled to Orlando to face Tennessee and Central Florida. With just two seniors and two inexperienced freshmen in the first varsity boat, setting an aggressive pace early in the five-race scrimmage was key for the Wolverines.

With today’s result, the Wolverines improved upon their eighth-place finish in the same race last year, and the fifth-place finish also marks the team’s best finish at the Head of the Charles since 2011.